He beat down Barrett who was the only man to knock down Tua. He beat John Ruiz who beat Evander Holyfield. He beat the legendary Evander Holyfield who knocked out Mike Tyson. He beat Siarhei Liakhovich who beat Lamon Brewster who knocked out Wladimir Klitschko. He was robbed against Chagaev and Haye. He pretended to do the chicken dance against Haye in order to bait him in, genius move. Nikolai Valuev the greatest of all time. It is proven. :smoke https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuKzo2-N17o
Greatest? Maybe the greatest cherry-picker.But his Etienne fight was the funniest ever.Valuev with his lame moves but Etienne(suddenly) was better at this stupid dancing. Too bad because Etienne had chance for a decent journeyman status. All in all Etienne was a decent bum.Valuev? I think this guy is a nobody without sauerland/don king. But Valuev was a mediocre fighter/champion with his rich background.This isn't a bad thing.
Yes, Valuev was the GOAT. But for one man he ducked his whole career: the legendary power puncher Tye Fields. Tye Fields: 49 wins, 44 knockouts Rocky Marciano: 49 wins, 43 knockouts. And don't talk about Fields losing to Mike Perez and Michael Grant. They caught the great man at the end of his career. Ali lost to Holmes and Berbick and no one gives him flak for that. Valuev was indeed robbed vs Haye and defeated Holyfield when Evander was a seasoned veteran. His accomplishments speak for themselves. Valuev was also movie star handsome and had a ton of charisma. He was vry articulate and outgoing. A real stat ala Ali, Tyson, De La Hoya, and he was a bigger draw than Maywether.
Some say he was looking for a bride... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...sian-boxer-joins-abominable-snowman-hunt.html
Sugar Nikolay Valuev is without question the best fighter who ever lived both at heavyweight and at p4p. His chest and back hair alone place him in the upper echelon of all time great professional athletes and his fluid movement and skill make Robinson look like a drunken cripple. I would pick Valuev to beat Ali, Holmes, Louis, Lewis and Foreman with the greatest of ease and probably in the same night as well.
of course.. everybody knows, he was a giant of 300 pounds and he had as much hair like a grizzly bear